Magic: The Gathering 2026 Set Release Schedule

All seven 2026 sets, confirmed dates, and what each one means for collectors.

Seven sets in twelve months. That is the shape of Magic: The Gathering's 2026 calendar, and it is the busiest premier-set year Wizards of the Coast has ever run. Three of those releases are in-universe Magic. The other four are Universes Beyond crossovers, and every one of them is Standard-legal, which means Ninja Turtles, Marvel heroes, Hobbits, and Starfleet officers can all turn up at Friday Night Magic and in tournament decks, not just at the Commander table.

Here is the full 2026 schedule in order, with confirmed release dates, what each set is, and why collectors should care. Dates are the official worldwide tabletop street dates. Prerelease weekends at local game stores generally start the Friday about a week earlier.

The quick version: all seven sets

Set	Release date	Type
Lorwyn Eclipsed	January 23, 2026	Standard (in-universe)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	March 6, 2026	Universes Beyond
Secrets of Strixhaven	April 24, 2026	Standard (in-universe)
Marvel Super Heroes	June 26, 2026	Universes Beyond
The Hobbit	August 14, 2026	Universes Beyond
Reality Fracture	October 2, 2026	Standard (in-universe)
Star Trek	November 13, 2026	Universes Beyond

Now the detail on each.

Lorwyn Eclipsed (January 23)

Magic opened 2026 by returning to Lorwyn, the Celtic-folklore plane it had not visited as a full set since the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks of 2007 and 2008. Set code ECL. The main set runs past 400 cards, and it leaned hard into the tribal, faerie-and-elemental identity that made the original block a cult favorite.

The collector story is the Fracture Foil treatment, a shattered-looking premium finish reserved for Showcase cards in Collector Boosters. Bloom Tender, the beloved mana creature that has quietly powered Commander decks since its 2008 debut, is the set's headline reprint, and its Showcase Fracture Foil version (card number 400) has been trading roughly $347 to $383 on aggregators depending on the tracker. At the very top sit the serialized cards, which appear in well under 1 percent of Collector Boosters: a serialized Bitterbloom Bearer, numbered to just 500 copies, reportedly sold for about $4,000. If you want the full breakdown of which cards held value, see Lorwyn Eclipsed: Chase Cards and Value.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (March 6)

The first Universes Beyond set of the year dives into the sewers for Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, and the rest of the roster. Set code TMT. Prerelease ran the weekend of February 27. Like the other 2026 crossovers, it is Standard-legal, continuing the policy shift Wizards began in 2025 with Marvel's Spider-Man and Avatar: The Last Airbender, where licensed sets stopped being Commander-only novelties and became part of the competitive rotation.

For collectors, TMNT is a nostalgia magnet, and nostalgia-driven crossovers tend to see strong early sealed demand and a fast-moving singles market for the marquee characters. If you are new to the whole licensed-crossover model, Universes Beyond, Explained covers how these sets work and why they behave differently from in-universe releases.

Secrets of Strixhaven (April 24)

The second Standard set of the year is a return to Strixhaven, the mages' university that debuted in 2021. Set code SOS. Where the original Strixhaven set split its identity across five two-color colleges, the 2026 return keeps the instant-and-sorcery, spell-slinging theme front and center, which historically produces cards that matter in both Modern and Commander.

Strixhaven is a name with a track record. The first visit gave the game the Mystical Archive, one of the most collectible bonus sheets ever printed, and this return brings the sheet back. Expectations for the sequel's premium slots are high for that reason. Secrets of Strixhaven: Chase Cards and Value tracks which reprints and new cards are drawing the money.

Marvel Super Heroes (June 26)

This is the big one. After Spider-Man got his own set in 2025, Marvel Super Heroes is the first full-scale, multi-team Marvel crossover: the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, and a deep bench of heroes and villains. Set code MSH. The main set runs 384 cards, is Standard-legal, and introduces three new mechanics, Plan, Power-Up, and Teamwork, built around escalating enchantments and creature counters.

Four Commander decks ship alongside it: Avengers Assemble, Wakanda Forever, The Fantastic Four, and Doom Prevails. The chase mythic to watch is The Mind Stone, printed in multiple treatments across Play and Collector Boosters. Given how the Marvel license drives interest from people who do not otherwise play Magic, this is the set most likely to command a premium on sealed product and on the flashiest character cards. For a deeper look, see our Marvel Super Heroes collector's guide.

The Hobbit (August 14)

Magic's second trip to Middle-earth follows the first, 2023's The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, which produced the single most valuable modern Magic card ever made, the one-of-one serialized The One Ring. Set code HOB. The Hobbit tells the earlier story: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin's company, Smaug, and the road to the Lonely Mountain.

The obvious question is whether Wizards tries to recapture the lightning of that unique-card lottery. Even without a repeat stunt, the LOTR crossover proved Middle-earth cards hold value unusually well, so The Hobbit's premium treatments are worth watching. History here is documented in The Most Valuable Cards from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.

Reality Fracture (October 2)

Reality Fracture is the third and final in-universe Standard set of the year, and it is the one carrying the story. Set code FRA. It is an original Magic set rather than a licensed crossover, and it is the climactic conclusion to the Metronome Arc, the three-year narrative that has run since Wilds of Eldraine. Prerelease weekend began September 25.

The set drops into the Echoverse, a "what if" version of the Multiverse spun up by Jace Beleren, where Strixhaven's plane is mirrored by a dark college city called Hexhaven and familiar legends appear in good and evil pairs. Every booster contains both the normal version of a character and its Echoverse counterpart, so this is a set to read spoilers on closely as they land.

Star Trek (November 13)

The year closes where few would have predicted a decade ago: Starfleet. Set code TRK. The Magic x Star Trek crossover brings iconic crews and starships into the game, from Captain Kirk to the U.S.S. Enterprise, and it is the final Standard-legal set of the 2026 lineup. If you are unsure how set legality and rotation shape a card's value over time, What Is Standard Rotation in Magic? walks through it.

What this calendar means for collectors

A seven-set year is a lot of product, and four Standard-legal crossovers in a single twelve-month span is unprecedented. Two things tend to follow. First, more premium slots and more serialized and showcase treatments mean more genuine chase cards, but also more supply spread across more releases, which can soften prices on any one card. Second, crossover sets pull in buyers who do not follow the game week to week, which is why Marvel, The Hobbit, and Star Trek carry the most sealed-product speculation.

A caveat on every number above: aggregator prices from trackers like TCGplayer, Card Kingdom, and PriceCharting move fast, and listed prices often run ahead of what cards actually sell for, especially in the first weeks after a set drops when supply is thin and hype is high. Wait for a set to settle before reading its price chart as gospel. The one corner of the market that stays comparatively stable is graded, high-grade copies of the top chase cards, which is the data Misprint tracks across the hobby.

For the wider picture on where money is flowing this year, see the Magic: The Gathering Market Report (2026).